Labour Day falls on the first Monday of March in Western Australia and on the second Monday of March in Victoria and Tasmania. New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, the Northern Territory and the ACT do not hold a Labour Day public holiday in March at all, so the long weekend applies only in the three states that observe it on these dates.
Sunday 29 March 2026 is a weekend day under the standard Monday-to-Friday working pattern and does not count toward the working-day total shown above, the last day of the weekend before the working week resumes on Monday morning across most Australian workplaces and schools.
Contracts and legal deadlines that specify calendar days count every day from 29 March 2026 including weekends and public holidays, while deadlines specified in working or business days count only the days this page includes in its working-day total. The difference between the two conventions can shift a deadline by several days once weekends and holidays are counted.
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